TD Bank Summer Reading Offer: Read 10 Books, Earn $10
Bookmarks are in!
TD Bank offers a great deal for kids who read: Read 10 books over the summer and TD Bank will deposit $10 into your new or existing Young Saver account. To get started with this offer go to http://www.tdbank.com/summerreading/ The program runs from May 3 to September 30, so start your reading log now!
We have the bookmarks for this program now. Pick one up in the Children's Room.
Make a Splash READ!
2010 Summer Reading Program
It’s time to "SPLASH INTO READING" at the Whipple Free Library. This summer's theme, “Make A Splash - READ!” , will explore water - from bubbles to boats - and g
uarantees an ocean of fun. The 2010 Summer Reading state-wide program is sponsored by the Children’s Librarians of New Hampshire to encourage year-round reading. Children will explore the world of water and water fun through stories, songs, games and other activities about oceans, rivers, lakes, and pools and the creatures who live there. "Make A Splash - READ!" is open to children from age 3 to grade 6. Registration begins on Monday, June 14. Children in grades 1 to 6 can will join a summer reading "Swim Team". The same registration date applies for younger children, ages 3-5, who can register for the “Hip Hoppers Read-To-Me” program with an adult partner. Children who complete the program will receive certificates and prizes on August 6th. For a complete schedule of events and more information about the program, please come to the library the week of June 14. All programs are free of charge. Life's a Beach @ the Library!
Junior Book Clubs
Will meet once during the summer
The junior book clubs have been very popular this year. After taking a break due to the move to the new library, we will hold one meeting for each club during the summer reading program.The Book Bunch junior book club for grades 3 to 5 will meet on Monday July 19th at 6:30 pm to have book fun with "Island book One: shipwreck" by Gordon Korman.
The Pageturners junior book club for grades 4 to 6 will meet on Monday July 26th at 6:30 pm to have book fun with "Coastwatcher" by Elise Weston. "
The "Craft a Story" junior book club, for children in grades 2 & 3 will meet on Thursday, July 29th at 10 am for book fun with "The Water Horse" by Dick King- Smith.
Facebook - Not Just for Teens
Look who's using Facebook
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
College students, moms and dads, librarians, teachers...the list goes on. It's incredible how many people are using Facebook to keep in touch.
Barbara, the Children's Librarian, has a Facebook page and is now using it to keep in touch with Teens and junior book clubs. Parents who have children not quite old enough for Facebook can try it for themselves.
Are you a Homeschooler?
Would you like to meet other Homeschoolers in town?
In an effort to better serve our homeschoolers, the Library will now keep a Homeschooling notebook. If you would like to meet other Homeschoolers in town, come in and add your information.
Great Stone Face Award
And the winner is...
Children in grades 4 through 6 read these books throughout the year and then voted for their favorite in April during National Library Week.
And the winner is....Swindle by Gordon Korman. It received 814 votes! The book that came in second was Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix and it received 579 votes.
2011 Nominees
The Blue Shoe by Roderick Townley
Captain Nobody by Dean Pritchard
The Case of The Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett
Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage by Kaye Umansky
The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files by Simon Cheshire
Dying to Meet You: 43 Old Cemetery Road by Kate Klise
Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem
Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mike Cochran
Happenstance Found by P. W. Catanese
The Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw
Murder at Midnight by Avi
My Life in Pink and Green by Lisa Greenwald
Night Wings by Joseph Bruchac
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French
Powerless by Matthew Cody
The Roar by Emma Clayton
The Seven Keys of Balabad by Paul Haven
The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance by Glenn Dakin
Tango: the tale of an island dog by Eileen Beha
Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff
Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff
Wild River by P. j. Petersen
Ladybug Picture Book Award
Time to Vote
The Ladybug Picture Book Award is the New Hampshire book award given each year to the picture book which receives the most votes by children preschool age up to grade 3. The children vote for their favorite during the month of November.
Every year except one, since the Ladybug Picture Book Award was started, the preschoolers at our story times have picked the state winner!
The 2009 Ladybug winner is "Waking Beauty" by Leah Wilcox.
Every year except one, since the Ladybug Picture Book Award was started, the preschoolers at our story times have picked the state winner!
The 2009 Ladybug winner is "Waking Beauty" by Leah Wilcox.
2010 Nominees
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon & Marla Frazee
Bad Boys Get Henpecked by Margie Palatini & Henry Cole
Otis by Loren Long
Birds by Kevin Henkes & Laurea Dronzek
Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising story of a girl who floated) by Florence Parry Heide & Lane Smith
The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen
The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School by Laurie Halse Anderson & Ard Hoyt
Under the Snow by Melissa Stewart & Will Hillenbrand
Creaky Old House : A Topsy-Turvy Tale of a Real Fixer-Upper by Linda Ashman & Michael Chesworth
Children's Room Computer
We have a brand new Mac computer in the new Children's Room, just like the ones in the rest of the library. We also have Wi-Fi, so you can connect with your own laptop. Ask the Children's Librarian or at the checkout desk for assistance.
Check out these cool links:
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helpers
FirstGov For Kids
KidsCom-games, puzzles and links to other cool sites
PBS Kids
700 Great Sites for Kids
Yak's Corner- a newsmagazine for kids
FirstGov For Kids
KidsCom-games, puzzles and links to other cool sites
PBS Kids
700 Great Sites for Kids
Yak's Corner- a newsmagazine for kids